BGuthrie Photos: MD -- C&O Canal NHP -- Mile 72.9 -- Ferry Hill

MD -- C&O Canal NHP -- Mile 72.9 -- Ferry Hill:

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1. FERRYH_160811_08.JPG: Ferry Hill Farm, Ferry and Freedom The brick home in front of you once stood at the heart of a Western Maryland plantation called "Ferry Hill." Built between 1812 and 1820, the plantation consisted of nearly 700 acres of land, a tavern, and a ferry. An enslaved workforce of 18 people ensured the farm's success. Ferry Hill's builder, John Blackford, was an advocate of building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal which crosses the lower part of the property along the Potomac River. Ferry Hill overlooks a strategic crossroads of the Potomac, the canal, and a series of river crossings. These routes carried farm products and coal, as well as immigrants and freedom seekers. During the Civil War, Union and Confederate forces occupied the home and grounds at various times. Henry Kyd Douglas, a resident of Ferry Hill, wrote the memoir, "I Rode with Stonewall," about his experiences as a Confederate officer.
2. FERRYH_160811_42.JPG: The James Rumsey Bridge Named in honor of the inventor, James Rumsey, who made successful public demonstrations of his steamboat on the Potomac River on December 3 and 11, 1787. Opened and dedicated on July 15, 1939.
3. FERRYH_160811_48.JPG: Blackford's Ford Also known as Boteler's Pack Horse and Shepherdstown Ford. "Stonewall" Jackson's command crossed here en route from Harper's Ferry to Sharpsburg. Here the entire Army of Northern Virginia withdrew into Virginia, Sept. 18–19, 1862, following the Battle of Antietam. Swearingen's Ferry and Pack Horse Ford Thomas Swearingen began operating in 1755 a ferry where Rumsey Bridge now crosses the Potomac. It was about half a mile upstream from Pack Horse Ford. During the Revolution the Ford and Ferry served the Continental Army; British and German prisoners frequently crossed the river here, being marched from Virginia to Maryland prison camps at Frederick and Fort Frederick. Ferry was discontinued in 1849, when a covered bridge was erected.
4. FERRYH_160811_57.JPG: Ferry Hill Place (Built in 1812) The boyhood home of Colonel Henry Kyd Douglas, a member of Stonewall Jackson's staff. Sept. 18, 1862, Federal troops occupied these premises and confined the Douglas family. June 18, 1863, Headquarters of Confederate Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson, en route to Pennsylvania.
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